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HANSARDPensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her incisive and always-informed remarks. At paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum, the word “consistent” is used. A consistent approach…17 Jan 2023HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022All credit to the department for furnishing this Committee with that magnificent detail.06 Dec 2022HANSARDMerchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness for her helpful introduction and exclaim, as others have, at the huge challenge that these pages offer to those who have little or no…06 Dec 2022HANSARDRoad Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance Standards (Cars, Vans and Heavy Duty Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction. It is a matter of supporting the 2022 regulations. It is clean, green and 21st-century. I rise on the principle that the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTransport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) (Amendment) Order 2022I thank the Minister for her brief introduction. I declare that I shall try to be brief in my remarks. Is there anywhere in the United Kingdom where these new modes of transport…30 Nov 2022HANSARDFarmers and Landowners: Tax ConsequencesMy Lords, does the Minister guarantee that her taxation policies will not bear down unjustly and negatively on the upland farming areas of England and Wales? I have in mind the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her lucid introduction. I refer to paragraph 7.26 of the Explanatory Memorandum. Will she tell us just how busy Gibraltar firms are? How many of…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her introduction—a heroic introduction in the circumstances—and for the department’s lengthy Explanatory Memorandum. The department is…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her authoritative introduction. In terms of the context of our consideration, can the Minister give a breakdown of the affiliations—political or…15 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Workers (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to the regulations, and the department for the helpful Explanatory Memorandum, notwithstanding that for the uninitiated the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDAirports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements) (No. 3) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her helpful introduction—she got airborne and made height. She might know that there is one airport in Wales, in Cardiff, and that the Welsh…25 Oct 2022HANSARDExclusivity Terms for Zero Hours Workers (Unenforceability and Redress) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her pithy and informative introduction. I wish to look briefly at Part 4 of the regulations, which is very important. Could the Minister enlarge…25 Oct 2022HANSARDArmed Forces (Covenant) Regulations 2022That is a very broad answer. I did ask a specific question, but I know that time is of the essence.18 Oct 2022HANSARDArmed Forces (Service Court Rules) (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2022My Lords, I presume that prior to the very welcome rules female board members were never present. Was that the case? I am looking at Rule 3A(1). How often do these boards sit? One…18 Oct 2022HANSARDArmed Forces (Covenant) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her usual informative and fluent explanation, and for the detail of the department’s Explanatory Memorandum. It is always a privilege to speak…18 Oct 2022HANSARDDigital Government (Disclosure of Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for his patient and courteous exposition. I rise essentially as a matter of principle, because these regulations rattle through so often when they…18 Oct 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for his efficient explanation. I too read the report to which the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, referred. I saw it in the Times and the Daily Mail…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLocal Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022My Lords, I support the Minister in what he has said and thank him for his introduction. I also thank him and his department for the Explanatory Memorandum, which is lengthier…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Authority and Combined Authority Elections (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, the regulations refer to today, so time is of the essence. I rise mainly on a point of principle. The Executive should always be questioned by the legislature; it is in…28 Jun 2022HANSARDLocal Government (Exclusion of Non-commercial Considerations) (England) Order 2022Did the Minister see the piece of paper his noble friend Lady Scott whipped fast to him under the papers she has just put down?28 Jun 2022